I'd like to ask about rules or practices regarding using parts of existing guides to create new ones.
Specifically, I was given a laptop with a broken digitizer. As you might guess, my first stop was ifixit to see what I was getting into. While there is an existing guide to replacing the entire assembly, I didn't find anything specific to replacing just the touch screen.
So... I guess I'll be writing another guide. In doing my homework, I found that the existing guide could actually be used as a prerequisite, but I'm afraid I wasn't satisfied with the level of detail in it. So I started my own version of that guide that could be used to replace the entire assembly but is really intended to be a prereq for my digitizer guide. (Since the procedure for replacing an LCD is virtually identical to that of replacing the digitizer, I'll be doing a LCD only guide as well).
Anyway, my point here is that the existing guide does have some good pictures and the general procedure is correct, but lacks specific information for many of the steps. I'm getting close to completing my version of that guide and my question is, what's the general feeling for using photos and/or text from individual steps in creating another guide?
I kind of feel like it's sort of an "anything goes" kind of attitude here, given that a) the content is covered by the creative commons licensing, and b) the reuse of existing guides as prerequisites seems to be encouraged.
So in the interest of not giving unintended offense to anyone, what's the general opinion on reusing content from another guide? Or should I take the steps I've enhanced or modified and use them to fix (well, from my point of view) the existing guide? I can certainly understand not wanting to keep multiple guides covering the same repair, but I would hesitate to just jump in and make significant changes to someone else's guide.
Here's the existing guide I used as the basis for mine: ASUS VivoBook S400C Touch Screen Replacement
And here's my version of that guide (as far as it goes - I still have a few steps left to finish): ASUS VivoBook S400C LCD / Touch Screen Assembly Replacement
What do you guys think?
EDIT: Re-reading my last sentence, I don't want to imply that my question is directed only to the male gender; to me the word "guys" implies anyone, male or female.